December 2014

The New Jersey Center for the Book commemorated Walt Whitman's contribution to American letters and to New Jersey’s literary history by designating the Walt Whitman House in Camden a New Jersey Literary Landmark.  The ceremony was held on, November 6, 2009 on the Rutgers University Camden campus. The Walt Whitman House is one of New Jersey's preeminent cultural icons.  It is a read more

In recognition of New Jersey author and poet Joyce Kilmer’s most famous poem, Trees, the Center honored a “Joyce Kilmer tree” with the designation of literary landmark, on the campus of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ where Joyce Kilmer was a student. Kilmer was born in New Brunswick, NJ in 1886 and wrote his poem while living in New Jersey read more

In its second Literary Landmark designation ceremony, the New Jersey Center for the Book awarded the honor to the Paterson Public Library. In doing so, the NJCB recognized the Paterson Public Library’s achievement as New Jersey’s oldest public library in continuous operation, having been established in 1885.

On October 2, 2002 The Center for the Book designated the Newark Public Library a New Jersey Literary Landmark in recognition of its achievements and contributions over the last century to the print culture of New Jersey.